Students lend hands-on help for the hungry

Nov. 27, 2013

Updated 2:00 p.m.

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Students, Isai Navarrete (left) and Garrett Compos package macaroni and cheese meals to go into a "Lunch Boxes of Love." The boxes will be distributed to people in need in the community throughout the school year. TARA CYTRYN LOZANO, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

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Preschool students from left, Michael Lozano, 5; Audree Hopkins, 5, and Andres Fabian, 5. contributed to the efforts of packing 10,000 meals for families in need. The boxes will be distributed to people in need in the community throughout the school year. TARA CYTRYN LOZANO, FOR THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

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Kindergarten student Tyler Rushing carefully chooses a note of encouragement to be packed in his Lunch Box of Love. TARA CYTRYN LOZANO, FOR THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

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Independence Christian School kindergarten student Stephen Choy chooses canned goods to include in "Lunch Boxes of Love" that he was packing on Friday in Anaheim. The boxes will be distributed to people in need in the community throughout the school year. TARA CYTRYN LOZANO, FOR THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

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Sixth-grade student Rylee Gordon helps package macaroni and cheese meals to go into a "Lunch Boxes of Love." The boxes will be distributed to people in need in the community throughout the school year. TARA CYTRYN LOZANO, FOR THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

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Luke Bacardo, a first grade student at Independence Christian School, selects cans from the donations received for the schools 10,000 meals pack-a-thon. TARA CYTRYN LOZANO, FOR THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

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Sixth grader Finn Morey stacks the assembled "Lunch Boxes of Love" on pallets in the warehouse of Cornerstone Church in Anaheim. The boxes will be distributed to people in need in the community throughout the school year. TARA CYTRYN LOZANO, FOR THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

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Peter Bravo and Melania Lamoreaux, fourth graders at Independence Christian School in Anaheim, help assemble the 10,000 meals. The boxes will be distributed to people in need in the community throughout the school year. TARA CYTRYN LOZANO, FOR THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

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It was all hands on deck for the students of Independence Christian School on Friday as they packed 10,000 meals for those in need. The pack-a-thon took place in the warehouse of Cornerstone Church in Anaheim. The meals will be distributed by the students throughout the school year. TARA CYTRYN LOZANO, FOR THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

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Seventh grader Sierra Golden lends a helping hand to the "Lunch Boxes of Love: pack-a-thon at Independence Christian School in Anaheim on Friday . TARA CYTRYN LOZANO, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

Students, Isai Navarrete (left) and Garrett Compos package macaroni and cheese meals to go into a "Lunch Boxes of Love." The boxes will be distributed to people in need in the community throughout the school year.TARA CYTRYN LOZANO, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

Students at Independence Christian School recently assembled food boxes that will be distributed to families in need.

The so-called Lunch Boxes of Love include canned goods, juice boxes, cereals and other items that the students collected through social media and personal requests, according to the Anaheim school. The students put them together last week at the Cornerstone Church warehouse.

“We believe that character should be taught in school and modeled by our staff. This community service project gives our students the opportunity for hands-on awareness of the needs of others in our local community,” said Principal Ron Cushing in a statement.

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